In her latest message, President Michelle Suskauer discusses the upcoming Criminal Justice Summit, calls for pro bono award nominations and highlights the newest LegalFuel Speaker Series CLE video.    

As women lawyers across the country say #MeToo, bar associations play an important role By Robert J. Derocher The Bar Leader article: People who had been subjected to their advances and reported the issues were no longer employed there and these men were. Is there anything more to be said? [Being propositioned] created emotional, financial […]

Michelle Suskauer was featured in a recent Daily Business Review article: We asked [Michelle Suskauer] to share the stress they see in the legal profession and how they deal with it. Coping options came from the Florida Bar president on down. Suggestions for taming the stress range from working directly on the stressor at hand […]

Law.com’s Legaltech news: The recently launched website will contain a host of article, podcast and video content that covers everything from how to properly procure legal technology to how to create a marketing strategy. Relatively large or well-funded law firms likely have a host of practice management technology and expertise on hand to help them […]

Michelle Suskauer was sworn in as President of The Florida Bar, alongside her husband Scott Suskauer and their two daughters. Watch the video »      

FloridaBarNews.TV highlights The Florida Bar’s Special Committee on Gender Bias and Diversity, which is currently shifting to oversight as a subcommittee and getting down to the nitty gritty of implementing a 12-point action plan. Committee chair and Bar President-elect Michelle Suskauer said that with so much attention focused on the “#MeToo,” and “#TimesUp,” movements, the […]

FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT-ELECT MICHELLE SUSKAUER was keynote speaker for a January 8 meeting of the Women’s Caucus of the Florida Legislature. A day before the start of the 2018 session, Suskauer, seventh from the left, urged the approximately 15 women assembled in a Tallahassee bed and breakfast living room to capitalize on the “#MeToo” moment […]

FloridaBarNews.TV highlights the next round of Florida Bar Committee appointments that are upcoming in 2018. The annual committee preference forms for Bar members seeking appointments for the term of President-elect Michelle Suskauer will be available December 1 at floridabar.org. As president-elect, Suskauer will make about 500 appointments to over 70 committees and she wants to […]

Michelle Suskauer recently appeared on the Legal Talk Network’s The Florida Bar Podcast to discuss “Being The Florida Bar President” In this episode of The Florida Bar Podcast from the 2017 Annual Florida Bar Convention, special guest host and future president-elect of The Florida Bar Michelle Suskauer interviews current president and president-elect Bill Schifino and […]

Michelle Suskauer was recently sworn in as the President-Elect of The Florida Bar. In a recent article by The Florida Bar News, Senior Editor, Jan Pudlow wrote the following: Newly sworn-in Bar President Michael Higer looked over at Michelle Suskauer on the dais at the General Assembly and described her as a passionate Bar leader […]

West Palm Beach attorney Michelle Suskauer will become president-elect of The Florida Bar at its Annual Convention June 21-24 in Boca Raton. Suskauer, who will take the leadership reins in June 2018, will be sworn in at the General Assembly on Friday, June 23. Miami attorney Michael J. Higer will be sworn in as president. Suskauer is […]

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Florida Trend: West Palm Beach attorney Michelle Suskauer has been chosen as president-elect designate of The Florida Bar. Suskauer will be sworn in as president-elect at the Bar’s annual convention in Boca Raton on June 23, when current President-elect Michael J. Higer of Miami becomes president. Suskauer will begin her term as Bar president in […]

Florida Bar Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2017 CONTACT: Francine A. Walker (fwalker@floridabar.org) The Florida Bar TELEPHONE: (850) 561-5666 West Palm Beach attorney Michelle Suskauer has been chosen as president-elect designate of The Florida Bar. Suskauer will be sworn in as president-elect at the Bar’s annual convention in Boca Raton on June 23, […]

Tampa Bay Business Journal: West Palm Beach attorney Michelle Suskauer was voted in as president-elect designate of The Florida Bar, beating a local Tampa attorney. Suskauer won over fellow Board of Governors member Lansing “Lanse” Scriven, who specializes in business litigation at the Trenam law firm. Suskauer received 12,993 votes to Scriven’s 10,188 in the […]